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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88PremiereAaron HillisPremiereAaron HillisUnder the clichéd spell of rock-and-roll promiscuity and pills popped, Seigner shows astonishing range as the detached superstar who still fixates on her ex-boyfriend and has mood swings like a manic-depressive on fast-forward.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsDirector Emmanuelle Bercot's film offers a fascinating account of how a vulnerable star might mistake fan worship for something real.
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThere's a pleasing tension in the air as their relationship comes to seem like something of a contest: With two women this needy, who will out-crazy the other?
- 60VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyWith its booming soundtrack of songs -- written by Laurent Marimbert and sung by Seigner herself -- and good chemistry between Le Besco and Seigner, pic at times has an operatic emotional intensity that will turn off some viewers but provide a guilty pleasure for others.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAn enjoyably overwrought meditation on the consequences of celebrity and the vicissitudes of fandom, Backstage stars Le Besco as the schoolgirl acolyte of Emmanuelle Seigner's pop diva, a singer-songwriter and high priestess of cheese.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs long as it focuses on its feverishly needy central characters, neither of whom you would ever want to have as a friend, it remains true to itself.
- 50Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoAs a take on celebrity as religious mass derangement, Backstage is nominally interesting. As a study of two characters, it's not very convincing.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe results aren't gothic and bloody, as they were in the Lauren Bacall film "The Fan," or elegant and ironic as in the Bette Davis classic "All About Eve"--though the plot suggests a bit of both.
- 42The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayBercot moves the characters up and down like lines on a chart, never granting full access to what any of them are thinking. And access is what Backstage promised.